Month: April 2020

Credit: Toykopop Press Release TOKYOPOP®, a POP Media Holdings company and global manga leader, announced their adjusted release schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of novel coronavirus around the world has resulted in non-essential businesses closing down temporarily, including our printer, lettering team, distributor and other vitally important parts of the publishing process. Due

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Marvel Unlimited, Marvel’s digital comics subscription service, offers members unlimited access to over 27,000 issues of Marvel’s classic and newer titles, delivered digitally through your desktop web browser and the award-winning Marvel Unlimited mobile app. And, now you can follow Marvel Unlimited on Twitter and Facebook! Stay tuned in to weekly

Although the plan for Marvel’s new Power Pack to debut this week have been nixed it’s still coming – and we have some variants to prove it. In addition to the primary cover by Ryan Stegman, there are variants by series artist Nico Leon, Eduard Petrovich, Billy Martin, and June Brigman (‘remastered’ art). POWER PACK

Credit: Katie Fleming/Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Credit: Katie Fleming/Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Credit: Benjamin A.E. Filby Press Release Writer Chris Mole (Brigantia, Aces Weekly, Futurequake) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his latest comics project, The Black Rubric. A one-shot, 32-page comic about a black metal band who accidentally open the gates of hell by writing a song

Credit: Humanoids Humanoids Credit: Humanoids Newly-named Humanoids publisher Mark Waid is updating readers with the publisher’s plans moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic, and has provided a revised release schedule for Humanoids’ previously-postponed releases. Here is the letter – and the schedule – reproduced with permission from Waid and Humanoids. Stories are important. In times

Credit: Hugo Awards The nominees for this year’s “Best Graphic Story or Comic” for the Hugo Awards have been announced. Winners are normally announced during the Worldcon, but with this year’s event canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic when (or if) the Hugo Awards ceremony will be held has not been revealed. Here are the

Credit: Martín Morazzo (Image Comics) Credit: Martín Morazzo (Image Comics) Press Release In an effort to help brick-and-mortar comic shops during the COVID-19 crisis, the creative team behind Ice Cream Man, in coordination with Image Comics, will be posting all-new mini comics (2-4 pages) on quarantinecomix.com weekly. They’ll be sold as PDFs, for $1.99 a

Credit: Image Comics Image Comics has laid off four staff members as the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to come to the surface. Image had a staff of 24 prior to these layoffs. “Letting someone go is always tough, but letting good people go due to circumstances like these is even harder,” Stephenson

Lonnie Nadler Credit: Colin Lock With many of us social distancing or sheltering-in-place in our homes and with all our news feeds filled with sobering updates, Newsarama thought it might be a pleasant diversion just to tell a good story (something we all need right now) about comic books. We’re asking folks who have worked

Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez and Cathy Yan on the set of ” Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) director Cathy Yan has addressed perception of the film’s box office performance, saying she is “disappointed” with

Credit: Oni Press Robert Meyers Credit: Valiant Entertainment Valiant Entertainment’s Senior Editorial Director Robert Meyer has announced that he has taken a new position at Oni Press. Meyers began work today in Portland as Oni’s Senior Editor of Licensing. “Thrilled to announce that today I am joining the team at Oni Press, as Senior Editor,

Credit: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a trailer for its next DC animated LEGO movie Shazam!: Magic and Monsters, which features Shazam facing off against a host of his arch-enemies, including Black Adam. Check it out: [embedded content] Shazam!: Magic and Monsters is due out on digital platforms April 28,

Credit: Daniel Acuna (Marvel Comics) Credit: James Jean (DC/Vertigo) comiXology has shared a complete list of what comic book issues will be added to its comiXology Unlimited service this Tuesday, April 7. Standouts to this list include an immense number of Black Widow titles from Marvel, James Stokoe’s complete Alien Orbit from Dark Horse, Dah

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Steve Geppi Credit: Geppi Family Enterprises Diamond Comic Distributors’ founder/owner Steve Geppi delivered a letter early Monday announcing how it intends to make payments to its vendors – which include comic book publishers – after last week announcing it was holding scheduled payments. In the letter (which is reproduced in full, below),

Credit: Charles Schulz (Peanuts Worldwide) Credit: Charles Schulz (Peanuts Worldwide) Press Release As parents nationwide try to find new ways to keep their children engaged in learning during the coronavirus crisis, help comes—at no cost—from a familiar and beloved source: Snoopy! Peanuts Worldwide, via the peanuts.com website, is offering free educational materials that give students

Credit: DC Credit: DC Perhaps DC’s most popular, breakthrough new character since Harley Quinn, The Batman Who Laughs is the latest subject of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee’s 60-day daily sketch auction for charity. The bidding is already up to $5,600 over 33 bids with more than 48 hours still left in the

Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC Newsarama readers get the first look at DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee’s latest sketch to benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC), aimed at helping comic book stores and their employees during the coronavirus crisis. The eBay auction page can be found here. The sixth in a daily

By Matthew Sibley, Best Shots Reviewer April 6, 2020 03:00pm ET Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Finger Guns #2Written by Justin RichardsArt by Val Halvorson and Rebecca NaltyLettered by Taylor EspositoPublished by Vault Comics‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Despite the high

Mariko Tamaki Credit: Shawnee Custalow Credit: Jillian Tamaki (First Second) Mariko Tamaki will relaunch DC’s Wonder Woman title later this summer, and she might be a new name to some ardent superhero fans. But to others, she’s someone long overdue for a major title. Tamaki broke into comics in 2008 with her graphic novel Skim

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Now is the perfect time for Marvel fans to discover some of the greatest Avengers and Fantastic Four stories ever told with the AVENGERS: MASSIVE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST and the FANTASTIC FOUR: MASSIVE WORLD’S GREATEST UP TO 67% OFF SALES! Don’t miss your chance to revisit classics and catch

Credit: nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com Marvel Entertainment is immediately “pausing” work on – and the release of – approximately one-third of its May and June comic book issues, a spokesperson confirmed for Newsarama. Marvel’s representative said 15 to 20% of its solicited titles would be affected, as some of them are twice-monthly in May and June.

Self-portrait Credit: Judd Winick Credit: Judd Winick (Random House Books for Young Readers) Judd Winick is well-known to comic book fans for writing superhero stories, but the creator has found a new audience through his all-ages graphic novel series HILO, which he both writes and draws. Winick’s latest release, HILO Book 6: All the Pieces

Credit: Kodansha USA Press Release Kodansha USA Publishing, which includes both the Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL publishing imprints, has made the decision to shift on sale dates for many of its spring and summer 2020 print titles to later in the year, following careful consideration of the global health crisis and related book retail and

Credit: Yen Press Yen Press will reschedule its May through August releases, which it will now publish between May and September, and canceling its September solicitations. Publisher/Managing Director Kurt Hassler penned a statement explaining the decision, which comes down to regulations and supply chain disruptions taking place as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios has announced that Black Widow, planned for a May 1 release but postponed due to coronavirus theater closings, will now come to theaters on November 6, 2020 (via Variety). This date was previously held by Eternals, which will now premiere February 12, 2021, which was previously held by

Credit: DC Comics Dylan Walsh Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com CW’s Superman & Lois has added Blue Bloods actor Dylan Walsh in the role of Lois Lane’s father, General Sam Lane, according to Deadline. General Lane was previously played by Glenn Morshower on Supergirl, from which Superman & Lois spins off. Title characters Superman and Lois Lane